Author: Berman Paul Neuman
Author: Berman Paul Neuman (1853–1942)
Alternate Name(s): Newman (alternate name)
Biography: Berman Paul Neuman was born on 14 September 1853 in London, the son of educator Jacob Elias Newman and his wife Ann (née Hemings). His father was a Russian Jew who emigrated to England and converted to Christianity. For a time he was the treasurer of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews. Neuman attended the University of London and was called to the Bar in 1878. Gradually, it seems, his legal practice gave way to his literary career: by the 1890s he was a prolific author of fiction both in volume and serial. Though he was a convert, his fiction does feature some Jewish characters and themes. He never married and lived most of his life in Hampstead with his parents and sister Adel Rachel Neuman (also an author). Neuman took a particular interest in boys' clubs, including the establishment of the Mansergh-Woodall Club. He died on 3 December 1942 in Willesden.
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References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1891, 1901, 1911); Men-at-the-Bar (1885); Wellesley
Fiction Titles:
- The Interpreter's House: A Book of Parables. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.
- Raymond's Folly: The Story of an Experiment in Utopia. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893.
- The Supplanter. 1 vol. London: Methuen, 1897.
- A Villain of Parts: A Tale. 1 vol. London: Harper and Bros., 1898.
- The Uttermost Farthing. 1 vol. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1900.
- The Story of Roger King: The Race he Ran, the Weight he Carried, and the Prize he Won. 1 vol. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901.